Guardian Unlimited | US doctors accused over Guantánamo abuse

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | US doctors accused over Guantánamo abuse:

Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
Friday January 7, 2005
The Guardian

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An article in the New England Journal of Medicine provides the most authoritative account so far that doctors were active participants in the abuse of prisoners in America's 'war on terror'.

'Clearly, the medical personnel who helped to develop and execute aggressive counter-resistance plans thereby breached the laws of war,' says the article, which is based on interviews with more than two dozen military personnel and recently released official documents. It adds: 'The conclusion that doctors participated in torture is premature, but there is probable cause for suspecting it.'

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